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...Le Trio Joubran playing an ‘ūd, a short-necked lute (guitar-like instrument) whose strings are plucked Comparing Example 11 with Example 10 reveals that the ‘ūd player is using notes from Set 2, the group of notes containing B half flat. However, several of these notes are in a lower octave than in Example 10. You will need to count down several ledger lines to...

...the details, but perhaps you can pick out a few words, like ‘Achilles’ or ‘Troy’. μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρί᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγε᾽ ἔθηκε Sing, goddess, of the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, Destructive anger which brought countless miseries to the Achaeans (Iliad, book 1, lines 1-2) ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσε’ Speak, muse, of the man of......

...Le Tentation de Saint Antoine, which he read twice and declared to be ‘splendid’ (UK RED: 17758), Théophile Gautier’s Le Capitaine Fracasse - read in the evening in front of the dining room fire (UK RED: 17784) - and Alexandre Dumas’ Le Vicomte de Bragelonne (UK RED: 13546). He also read non-fictional French prose such as Michel de Montaigne’s Essais, which he...

...Les Ruines de Dougga, Tunis, Ministere des Affaires Culturelles, Institut National d'Archeologie et d'Arts) (PDF, 1 page, 1MB) Please click to view Plate 1b: Plan of Thugga continued. (PDF, 1 page, 1MB) Exploring Thugga (part 1, 8 minutes) PHIL PERKINS: This is the city of Thugga, in the ancient kingdom and Roman Province of Numidia. It lies on the slopes of the valley of...